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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 1973Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 August 1973376,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
376,068 km233,678 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 4, 197315:22

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1973 to the new moon of September 26, 1973, a cycle of 29.44 days.